Samantha Corbett sentenced to 15 months for assault

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Samantha Corbett was resentenced to two years for assault causing harm, with nine months suspended, by the Court of Appeal on 21 July 2015.

The court therefore left her with 15 months to serve, subject to conditions supporting rehabilitation.

Corbett had pleaded guilty to assaulting a staff nurse at Mercy University Hospital’s emergency department on 26 July 2014.

The Court of Appeal held that the original sentence placed the case too high on the seriousness scale.